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Mac App Store live, with Angry Birds topping charts

by James Ransom-Wiley on Jan 6th 2011 10:40AM

Apple's Mac App Store has arrived right on time via the Snow Leopard 10.6.6 update, opening up a version of the ludicrously lucrative iOS storefront for Mac desktop and laptop users to peruse. The Store is accessed through its own application (separate from iTunes), but purchases and downloads are tied to an Apple ID, and any credit from iTunes is seamlessly applied to the Mac App Store upon logging in.

The Mac App Store is as impeccably tidy as the iOS Store -- it's organized just the same -- and accessing the Games category is just a few clicks away. As of writing, there are 98 games listed in the "Top Paid" ranking (which shows up to 100), led, unsurprisingly, by a $5 (50 percent off "introductory price") version of Angry Birds. In fact, Rovio's phenomenon leads all Mac App Store sales, currently, and is joined by Chopper 2 ($1), Flight Control HD ($5) and The Incident ($3) among the top-ten bestselling apps. No Halo in sight, yet.

Via: Engadget
Source: Apple

Tags: angry-birds, app-store, apple, chopper-2, flight-control-hd, mac, mac-app-store, the-incident

Reader Comments (21)

Can't get enough of Angry Birds. Fun and a GREAT price to boot. Devs could learn a thing too, especially regarding price points.

@thisredengine

Maybe I haven't played it long enough, but I don't get the appeal of Angry Birds over say...Crush the Castle (http://armorgames.com/play/3614/crush-the-castle).

Does Angry Birds get deeper than that? It certainly a pretty game and the controls are tight; I wouldn't mind giving it a second chance.

@NaeemTHM

It's a personal choice really. i find Angry Birds to be much more visually appealing. Amusing too. it's as challenging as it is fun and it continues to grow.

Crush the Castle, to me, looks...meh. Gameplay wise it looks attractive but the art in it just looks so unattractive to me. I think part of Angry Bird's success lies in the art: big bold colors, heavy outlining making everything pop. It's like you said, it's pretty. Pair that with pig murder and you've got yourself a hit.

@AmanteDuck

All good points. I played (ad nauseum) Crush the Castle before trying Angry Birds. I guess that's why I didn't initially get what was so great.

@NaeemTHM I haven't figured it out either man. I downloaded the lite version and it's gimmick was exhausted before I got to the end of the demo. Fun but nothing I would consider buying. Maybe "hardcore" really is doomed.

SWEET!! I got a brand new 15" MacBook Pro for xmas. It runs games so great, at least Steam games. I been waiting for the Mac App Store since it was announced

@PR0F3TA

wait wtf, 10 bucks (5 now) for Angry Birds on a bigger screen? 5 bucks for Flight Control?!

Those games maybe good, but i already own one copy i don't need a second one for 5x the price. I'll spend my money on non gaming apps for now

@PR0F3TA

Is that the Core i5 model? I demand you dual boot right away! You'll open yourself up to a metric-ton of Steam games if your running Windows as well.

@NaeemTHM

yeah i5. i'm definitely gonna double boot. My last MacBook Pro had Windows and JoliCloud OS on it. for now i'll stick to OSX since its used 97% of the time anyways.

@PR0F3TA

O__O

Wow this is the first time I'm hearing about JoliCloud. I have an old netbook sitting around and now I can't wait to try this out!

Thanks!

@NaeemTHM

JoliCloud is the best "cloud" OS around. Its so simplified and easy to use. Not to mention it has a great UI and it can pretty much run on any computer in the last 10 years.

Who knew launching birds with special powers from a slingshot onto pigs who have built elaborate forts would become a smash hit? It really is the game that keeps on giving.

Now bring DoodleJump to the Mac. You can do it!

I thought I'd shored up my own gaming freetime when I'd introduced my girlfriend to Bejeweled and Pokemon, but it looks like if I can get her Angry Birds on her laptop, I might just gain enough breathing room to beat AC:Brotherhood and reach Lt. Colonel in Reach! Mwahahaha!

After downloading Angry Birds (for free) on my Android phone, i wonder what the hell people like about it. I mean, i didn't pay anything for it, and i still felt ripped off.

I don't get what's so special about the game either...

@Ashitaka
The fact that you can learn how to play the game in 0 seconds is one of its major virtues. I put Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja on my gf's iPad for xmas, and she's already an expert. She is not a gamer. at. all.

I guess the hook is stupid-easy yet fairly deep gameplay. And by deep, I mean that it's basically puzzles. Sure, you are always flinging birds at stuff, but some of those pig fortresses are tricky.

Compared to Angry Birds, Plants vs. Zombies is rocket science.

Same here. What's the big deal? I played it, I enjoyed it. It is very high production values. But $5.00 to play it on the Mac?

@(Unverified)

You can also get it for free dude. Here is one tutorial ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUO5TZm84tE

Test it and if you like it, buy it

I'm not going to pay that much to play it on a non-portable, non-touchscreen device.

@VeeDeeVee - I would probably be willing to pay $5 or $10 to play it on Xbox Live Arcade but I don't think I'll pay that much to play it on OSX.

The Incident is the best app on the store so far. Just sayin'...

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Posted: Jan 6th 2011 10:45AM thisredengine said

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Posted: Jan 6th 2011 11:17AM InDurdenWeTrust said

Posted: Jan 6th 2011 10:49AM PR0F3TA said

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Posted: Jan 6th 2011 10:55AM NaeemTHM said

Posted: Jan 6th 2011 11:01AM PR0F3TA said

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Posted: Jan 6th 2011 2:44PM PR0F3TA said

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